The Problem With Our Education System Is Not Money

by Sir John Hawkins

John Hawkins's book 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know is filled with lessons that newly minted adults need in order to get the most out of life. Gleaned from a lifetime of trial, error, and writing it down, Hawkins provides advice everyone can benefit from in short, digestible chapters.

The Problem With Our Education System Is Not Money: I’ve been saying for a long time that our education system is not underfunded and our teachers are not underpaid. However, this concept has been hammered into our psyches for so long that the American people get suckered by the same appeals for more money every 2-4 years. We budget huge increases in education spending and then after the schools receive the money, there is no significant improvement in test scores. For all the good it does, we might as well be taking all that money, buying Star Trek commemorative plates with it, and then dumping all that porcelain into the Marianas Trench. (Cont)